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Status Not under consideration
Workspace z/OS
Categories ISPF
Created by Guest
Created on Sep 29, 2023

RELATED IDEAS

CAPS for JCL only and lower case for other statements

CAPS is on or off for a member. Since JCL statement is require to be in upper case only . The editor know about that. Change the CAPS function in EDIT so it keep JCL in upper case and other statement in lower case. 

Idea priority Medium
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 3, 2023
    As Ray Mullins mentions in a previous comment, there are parts of a JCL member which might be in lower case (such as a UNIX path if one were included), so this could be a problematic change. So, this Idea will be declined. Ray Mullins' suggestion to address this through a macro would be a reasonable alternative.
  • Guest
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    |     Oct 2, 2023

    How does one define a JCL or data set? LLQ of CNTL or JCL …? Is it HILITE JCL? There's no defined way specify what is a JCL member.

    Do you define JCL as any line beginning with "//"? If so, what happens with PATHNAME=, which is lower case? Folding to upper case makes the name non-existent. What about instream data that might itself require lower case input, such as BPXBATCH STDIN?

    This is best handled by writing a user Rexx macro program that parses and folds just the keywords, and maybe unquoted data, which is invoked by overriding the END command with a user written macro program (documentation and simple examples are in ISPF Edit & Edit Macros, and examples are also found in some of the CBT Tape files). I would ask that if the submitter writes a macro, they consider submitting it to the CBT Tape, or make it available via Github, as I am sure many would find it useful.

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